GM Recognizes Best Suppliers

Top Companies Honored at Awards Ceremony

JACKSONVILLE , FLA., 2008-04-26 – General Motors Corp. recognized 97 companies today with its highly coveted Supplier of the Year Award at the 16 th annual awards presentation held at the Sawgrass Marriott Hotel.

There are 57 multiple-year winners among this year’s nominees.

This year’s ceremony will be highlighted with the presentation of the Corporation of the Year winner this evening during a special gala.

“GM is proud to honor our best suppliers with the Supplier of the Year Award, an award that we believe is the most meaningful honor in the industry,” said Bo Andersson, GM group vice president, Global Purchasing and Supply Chain. “It is our way of telling them that we appreciate all their efforts in helping GM manufacture its world-class vehicles.

“These suppliers are the best of the best. They understand that our mutual success can only be achieved by sharing common goals and priorities.”

The award recognizes the significant contributions of GM’s suppliers in 2007 to the company’s global product and performance achievements. The Supplier of the Year program started in 1992, and each year a global team of purchasing, engineering, quality, manufacturing and logistics executives determine the winners. The team’s decisions are based on supplier performance in the areas of quality, service, technology and price.

MANN+HUMMEL GmbH of Germany won its 16 th Supplier of the Year award making it the only company to receive an award every year since the trophies have been presented.

There were eight minority suppliers honored for their achievements. They included Advanced Assembly Products, Inc., The Bartech Group, Black River Manufacturing Inc., Detroit Technologies Inc., The Ideal Group, Inc., Motor City Express, NYX Inc. and Production Services Management Inc.

Other top GM executives were in attendance and addressed the suppliers. They were Rick Wagoner, GM chairman and chief executive officer; Fritz Henderson, GM president and chief operating officer; Gary Cowger, GM group vice president, Global Manufacturing and Labor Relations; and Dennis Mooney, GM vice president, Global Vehicle Systems and Integration.

General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM), the world’s largest automaker, has been the annual global industry sales leader for 77 years. Founded in 1908, GM today employs about 266,000 people around the world. With global headquarters in Detroit, GM manufactures its cars and trucks in 35 countries. In 2007, nearly 9.37 million GM cars and trucks were sold globally under the following brands: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, GM Daewoo, Holden, HUMMER, Opel, Pontiac, Saab, Saturn, Vauxhall and Wulin. GM’s OnStar subsidiary is the industry leader in vehicle safety, security and information services. More information on GM can be found at www.gm.com.

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General Motors 2007 Supplier of the Year Winners

Advanced Assembly Products, Inc.

Aisin World Corporation of America –
Aisin Manufacturing Illinois

Aleris International, Inc.

ASIA CORPORATION LIMITED

AUDILAB LTDA.

AUSTEM Co., Ltd.

AUTOGEN

Autoliv Inc.

Automotive Ancillary Services (P) Ltd

Aventec , S.A. De C.V.

The Bartech Group

Barton Malow Company

Black River Manufacturing Inc.

Bocar

CHANGWON

China Steel Corporation

Cisco Systems, Inc.

CJ International Ltd. – Raben Group

Compuware Corporation

Cosma International,
a Magna International Company

DAEWON KANG UP CO., LTD

Daewoo IS Corporation

Decoma International

DENSO International America, Inc.

Detroit Technologies, Inc.

DLH Industries, Inc.

DONG HWA AND CO., LTD.

DuPont Automotive OEM Coatings

Dynamic Manufacturing, Inc.

Legacy of John Partipilo

Eagle Ottawa, LLC

Eaton Corporation

ECM (Vehicle Delivery Service) Ltd

EuWe Eugen Wexler GmbH & Co. KG

FANUC LTD

Federal-Mogul

FFT EDAG Produktionssysteme

GmbH & Co. KG

FGUP “The Ural Electrochemical

Integrated Plant”

Ficosa International

FTE Automotive GmbH

Fujiwa Machinery Industry (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.

FUYAO GLASS INDUSTRY GROUP CO., LTD.

Gedia Gebrueder Dingerkus

Gentex Corporation

GESTAMP SL

GNS

GRIMALDI GROUP

Guangdong Hongtu Technology Co., Ltd

HENAN THB ELECRIC CO., LTD

Hitachi Ltd., Automotive Systems

Höegh Autoliners AS

The Ideal Group, Inc.

IS TECH

Jones Lang LaSal le

KAFUS

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.

Kerr Industries Limited

KIRCHHOFF AUTOMOTIVE

KM&I Co., LTD.

KWANG JIN

Laird Technologies

Lear Corporation

LEONI Bordnetz-Systeme GmbH

Lifelong India Limited

MAHLE Group

MANN+HUMMEL GMBH

Matson Navigation Company, Inc.

Mett Pty Ltd

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Climate Control, Inc.

Molex Incorporated

Motor City Express

Nemak S.A.

NGK Spark Plugs ( U.S.A.), Inc.

Ningbo Auto Cable Controls Co., Ltd.

North American Lighting, Inc.

NYX, Inc.

Panasonic Automotive Systems

Paulstra CRC Corporation

Plastic Omnium

Posco

PREH

Production Services Management Inc.

Pyeong Hwa Automotive Co., Ltd.

Ryder System, Inc.

S&T Daewoo Co., Ltd.

Shanghai SIIC Transportation Electric Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Daimay Automotive Interiors Co., Ltd.

Shape Corporation

SL Corporation

Suzhou Sonavox Electronics Company LTD.

Takata

ThyssenKrupp Steel AG

Union Pacific Railroad

Usinas Siderúrgicas de Minas Gerais SA

Verspeeten Cartage Ltd.

Vitro

YOUNGSHIN PRECISION CO., LTD.

Source: GM

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